Attitude of the Youth Towards Corporate Social Responsibility in India: A Study of Jalandhar District

-- Rajan Sharma and Megha Sharma

The concept of corporate social responsibility is gaining importance nowadays. It calls upon businesses to follow ethical practices while dealing with employees, suppliers, dealers, customers, etc. Unfortunately, all the companies are not equally committed towards their social responsibility. We repeatedly hear about various scams taking place in the business world. When everything seems to be going wrong, it is the youth that can make businesses realize their social responsibility. After all, the future of India depends on the youth. This paper is an attempt to explore the attitude of the youth towards corporate social responsibility. The data has been collected on the basis of 46 queries relevant to the required information and it has been analyzed with the help of factor analysis. The effort is towards finding the minimum number of factors that, if incorporated by the business in its day-to-day operations, can make it socially responsible as well as socially acceptable in the true sense.

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Correlation Study of MAT Score, IQ and GPA of MBA Students

-- Rituraj Kumar

In most management institutes of India, the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) score is taken as the primary indicator of a student's ability to be enrolled in the management courses and excel in the same. It was observed in many instances during the group discussion and personal interview of prospective students for MBA course that candidates with poor MAT scores did very well whereas those with very high MAT score did abysmally. Faculty colleagues of other B-schools shared similar concerns. Hence, the idea for this research germinated. The present study makes an attempt to assess the predictive validity of MAT score in predicting future scholastic success and also explore the nature and strength of association between one's IQ, MAT score and academic achievement.

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An Exploratory Study of Managerial Motivation in the BPO Industry

-- Anupama Dullo Raina and M G Shahnawaz

Attitude does not usually exist in isolation. It is likely, for example, that one's attitude toward where one works is linked with one's attitudes toward the work itself, co-workers, the location of the workplace, and so forth. The study explores how satisfied managers are with their organization and also how they perceive HR practices such as scope for advancement, objectivity and rationality, wages and benefits, job characteristics and leadership. The sample consists of 51 executives from the BPO industry having offices in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). Data were collected using an attitudinal survey scale and the results were analyzed with the help of SPSS package using mean score, standard deviation, correlation and regression.

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A Critical Study of Human Resource Practices in Selected Sugar Factories

-- A M Gurav and Pralhad Krishna Mudalkar

This research paper highlights the importance of human resource practices in selected sugar factories. Human resource is one of the most vital assets of an organization. It makes the other resources move and provides a wide variety of activities in different functional areas. Human resource handles all physical and financial resources in an organization. Without its efforts, the non-human resources remain idle. The sugar industry plays a very significant role in the development of rural areas. The economy of western Maharashtra and its vicinity is highly dominated by the sugar industry situated in this area. This paper examines the role of human resource workforce (organized - managerial level and below-managerial level staff and unorganized - sugarcane cutters) and its contribution to the development of sugar factories. It also examines the human resource practices adopted by the selected sugar factories from cooperative and private sectors. This study covers the areas of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Belgaum districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka states.

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